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In the contemporary urban environment the once dominant concept of a masculine identity is being replaced by alternative ideas of what it means to be a man troubled masculinities explores and theorizes the ways in which men who experience marginalization in urban settings reimagine and reconstruct their identities as males through personal narratives and assessments of artistic expression . Troubled masculinities reimagining urban men is an edited collection of nine essays that considers ways in which men create and inhabit their worlds and the worlds of others and in turn are created by these worlds focusing specifically on social expressions of masculinity and turning. Troubled masculinities explores and theorizes the ways in which men who experience marginalization in urban settings reimagine and reconstruct their identities as malesthrough personal narratives and assessments of artistic expression the contributors present critical and inventive views of masculinity and how it is performed and interpreted . Troubled masculinitiesis an important contribution to the growing field of masculinity studies and a valuable assessment of the nature of gender in a modern canadian urban setting the collected essays will appeal to a wide audience from social scientists and artists to activists and general readers. Troubled masculinities reimagining urban men is an edited collection of nine essays that considers ways in which men create and inhabit their worlds and the worlds of others and in turn are created by these worlds focusing specifically on social expressions of masculinity and turning attention to how masculinities are at play and negotiated in place through social material and